[Windows Phone 7 General] cPT.cAPSLOCK:
What I noticed is that a lot of you aren't quite up to date about the current state of things, or why certain decisions have been made. This goes for both lovers and haters. Therefore, I'm skipping replying to previous posts and I'll just sum up my opinion.

My information and opinions mainly origin from the unlocked emulator, a plethora of hands-on reviews, press releases, Microsoft's press releases and updates on windowsphone7.com. I've been following the OS's progress very closely since februari.

- No Twitter integration

- No dedicated YouTube application

These can both stfu badly. Twitter will obviously be there quickly enough (probably as a plug-in for the people hub, or else via windows live).

There's also bound to be a YouTube app quickly after release - and else we'll wait a bit until Flash is being supported so that we can use the mobile youtube site. Bringin me to the next point:

- No Flash, Silverlight, or HTML5 support in the browser

Flash will come after release. Be patient.

I expect SilverLight to be added quickly to: After all, the phone can allready run it outside of the browser, combined with the fact that both the OS as SL are MS's products

- No robust document editing capabilities in Office

It's a phone. Get a laptop.

- No organization of the full program list (it's alphabetical)

- No way to stop Facebook contacts from mixing with global contacts

I wouldn't be surprised if they'll add a way to filter contacts later on. Else, use the search button: You know who you're looking for in the list, right? Same goes for apps: You know which app you wanna launch, so I think searching should suffice.

- No global email inbox

I understand that some people find this feature useful, but I myself prefer to keep my boxes separated. It's a matter of personal preference, and I don't think it'll bother you a lot.

- No threaded email

As said before, this is very likely to be added later. (Because outlook and Live Mail also got it since a while)

- No way of knowing if a long press is available

I'll stick to one of the few good points made before:

You don't know when right-clicks are available either, right? This'll take a short while getting used to, but none of the other OS's indicates the availability of long presses either.

- No copy and paste

- No third-party multitasking

And here we are: the two most discussed items in this topic.

Let's start with copy paste:

The main reasons people want copy-paste are the following:

A) Copying links to paste them in their browser

B) Copying links to paste them in an email or text message

C) Copying a part of a website paste it in an email or text message

D) Copying contact details (phone numbers, adresses, etc) from emails to their respective entries in your contacts list.

With WP7, you don't need C&P:

A) The phone will recognize the link, and make it clickable. Tapping it opens the page in your browser. This is a lot faster than C&P.

B & C) Quoting an article by WMPoweruser:

In other words, you can select text in the browser and mail it instantly. This requires less effort than C&P:

NOW:

Tap the elipsis at the bottom right > Choose mail page (or whatever the menu option will be called) > Make a selection and hit done > choose recipient > add anything you would want to the message.

Copy paste:

Tap the elipsis at bottom right > choose copy > make selection and hit done > go back to start > launch mail app > click new mail > paste > add anything you'd want.

Denying MS's solution is quicker is like saying the iPhone is an open, tweakable device meant for tech-savvies out of the box.

D) Actually the same as B&C. With MS's solution, you can tap the address/ phone number / email address / date, and it will allow you to add this to a contact / create a new contact.

Copy and Paste simply is much slower.

OBVIOUSLY it takes getting used to this change, but it's a change for the better.

Now on to multitasking:

Because you don't have to switch between apps anymore for basic actions like mailing a link or sharing a photo, you don't need to have multiple apps open either. Also, because applications just get 'paused' when moving out of them, it's easy to move out, do something else, and then continue the app where you left it waiting.

Now obviously, MS has the power to change ANYTHING before launch, but from the information currently available, these are the conclusions you can safely make:

Some things are fixed in a creative way, some things will need some time after launch, and other will just take getting used to.

So far, i've found nothing that is pushing me away from WP7 except the lack of sideloading apps. However, there are other advantages in return, so I'm taking this for granted.